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Comparing HP blades to UCS in a 10 rack config

Posted on October 15, 2012November 19, 2014 by Vallard

I really like infographics, so I thought I’d try to make my own. I looked at a paper I wrote comparing 10 racks of UCS to 10 racks of HP blades. The most astonishing numbers are the management. My graphics can still use some work, but hey, you have to start somewhere, right? Let me…

vSphere 5 Licensing fun

Posted on July 15, 2011November 19, 2014 by Vallard

UPDATE (Aug 3, 2011): VMware changed the licensing model addressing many of the disadvantages laid out in this post. Among them: the monster 1TB VM will not be super expensive and the Enterprise+ license went up to 96GB of vRAM. The new vSphere 5 licensing information has taken the VMware blogger world by storm. So…

ESXi 4.1 and HP BL460c G6 with Mezzenine card

Posted on October 27, 2010November 19, 2014 by Vallard